Nick Santonastasso: One-limbed man creates best zombie prank of all time | Metro News:"One man’s hilarious prank is another’s amazing story of maintaining a sense of humour in the face of great adversity."
Thursday, December 12, 2013
One-limbed man creates best zombie prank of all time
Nick Santonastasso: One-limbed man creates best zombie prank of all time | Metro News:"One man’s hilarious prank is another’s amazing story of maintaining a sense of humour in the face of great adversity."
More of that nifty "public/private partnership" crapola------Ford, GM get $50 million in federal tax credits for plants focusing on clean energy
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., put out a news release welcoming the grants under an Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program, calling them “another example of how our investments in clean energy and manufacturing are paying off.”
Ford is getting a $30-million tax credit for its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, where the company produces plug-in hybrids, full-battery electric and other vehicles from the same assembly line.
GM will receive a tax credit of more than $20 million for its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant, where it makes extended-range electric vehicles, including Chevrolet Volts and the Cadillac ELR electric luxury coupe, as well as internal combustion cars."
Amazing these scumsuckers actually ended up achieving good. Despite themselves.----------------------------How These 5 Dirtbags Radically Advanced Your Digital Rights
How These 5 Dirtbags Radically Advanced Your Digital Rights | Threat Level | Wired.com:"Bad facts make bad law, as the legal saw goes.
But it cuts both ways: Sometimes bad people make good law.
Consider the following exhibits: a cocaine dealer, a child pornographer, a purveyor of suspect penis-enlargement pills, and two accused hackers.
The courtroom challenges they brought resulted in rulings that dramatically expanded your rights, from helping to keep your email and whereabouts private to reducing gadget searches at the U.S. border and limiting the legal definition of unlawful hacking.
You don’t have to applaud these people as people.
They’re pretty much dirtbags.
Just be thankful for the legal precedents their cases set."
South Carolina Is About To Pass A Bill To Nullify Obamacare
South Carolina Is About To Pass A Bill To Nullify Obamacare | Zero Hedge:"Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
While we all know that the disaster that is Obamacare is extremely unpopular throughout the country, South Carolina is leading the charge to actually nullify the legislation. House Bill 3101 already passed the state House back in April by a wide margin, and is set to be voted on in the state Senate in January.
It is widely expected to pass and then be signed into law by Governor Nikki Haley.
If that happens, it would set up a huge states rights victory and likely encourage other states to follow suit.
It will be extremely interesting to see how the feds respond to this…"
Hang on to your wallets, folks. They're talkin' about creatin' strong "private/public business relationships" again................. Business Leaders for Michigan unveils strategy to grow auto industry potential, add 100,000 new jobs
"Private/Public relationships" means free government money to big business donors.Worked great for Adolf and Benito.
Barry's Solandra croneys.
Not so good for us taxpayers.
Business Leaders for Michigan unveils strategy to grow auto industry potential, add 100,000 new jobs | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The committee will develop an action plan for implementing a marketing strategy, create or attract new auto technology conferences, attract connected vehicle R&D and education, as well as create strong private/public business relationships, the report said. "
Obama's "sons" "Knockout Game" popular in E Lansing-----Michigan State student knocked unconscious, robbed on campus
I expect the unconscious student didn't look like he might be Barry Hussein's kid.Michigan State student knocked unconscious, robbed on campus | Lansing State Journal | lansingstatejournal.com:
Another assault and robbery on the Michigan State University campus has MSU police looking for a male suspect and warning students to take care when walking on campus after dark.
Police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said the latest incident occurred Tuesday night and involved an 18-year-old student being knocked unconscious and robbed of a pair of shoes.
Police said the student was standing outside North Hubbard Hall when a man asked for directions and if the student had a cell phone.
The victim stated “no,” began to walk away and was struck in the right ear.
Police described the suspect as a black male, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, medium build and wearing a black and green coat.
He was last seen entering a vehicle, possibly a white four-door that drove west toward Shaw Lane."
These morons are our "best and brightest"? Harvard Votes To Banish Bottled Water
Harvard Votes To Banish Bottled Water:"Harvard University students agreed by vote that plastic single-use water bottles should no longer be sold on campus, leaving the fate of plastic water bottles in jeopardy at the Ivy League institution.
While campus administrators cannot be forced to go along with the student vote’s outcome, organizers of the ballot measure say they expect cooperation from Harvard officials, who will be lobbied by the student government to comply.
“We will be working with the administration to make sure student wishes are met,” Katrina Malakhoff, chairperson of the Harvard Environmental Action Committee, said in an email to The College Fix.
Sixty-four percent of students who voted in Harvard’s fall referendum late last month supported “ending the sale and distribution of plastic non-reusable water bottles on campus (including at Harvard cafes and Crimson Catering events) and making drinking water more accessible through the installation of additional water fountains and reusable water bottle filling stations.”"
Isn't this how ALL the martian invader/comet hits the earth movies began? Cassini Spies Mysterious Object Named 'Peggy' at Edge of Saturn's Rings
Cassini Spies Mysterious Object Named 'Peggy' at Edge of Saturn's Rings - Wired Science:"SAN FRANCISCO — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spotted an object located right at the edge of Saturn’s A ring that is confounding scientists.
Its name?
Peggy.
This strange something was spotted by accident on April 15 when Cassini’s cameras were aimed at a tiny moon named Prometheus that orbits just inside another of Saturn’s rings.
A member of the mission’s imaging team, astronomer Carl Murray of Queen Mary University of London, noticed an odd kink at the A ring’s edge that jutted outward.
“I’d not seen anything like this personally in the A ring,” he said during a talk today here at the 2013 American Geophysical Union conference."
Class act! From one #43 to another #43-------George W. Bush sends supportive letter to Alabama kicker after loss to Auburn
George W. Bush sends supportive letter to Alabama kicker after loss to Auburn | Rare:"Cade Foster hasn’t had the best few weeks after Alabama’s devastating November 30th loss to the Auburn Tigers."
This could get ugly------Canada lays claim to the Arctic that could hold 15% undiscovered oil
Canada lays claim to the Arctic that could hold 15% undiscovered oil | Mail Online:-The country has applied to extend the borders of its seabed in the Atlantic
-This includes extensions into the Arctic seafloor covering 656,000 miles (1.7 million sq km)
-Claims were made under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
-The land is said to contain 30 per cent of the world's undiscovered gas, and 15 per cent undiscovered oil
-In response, Russia is planning to increase its military presence in the area"
A lot of "Fake" goin' on down there.......Mandela ceremony interpreter called a 'fake'
My Way News - Mandela ceremony interpreter called a 'fake':"Bogus sign language interpreters are a problem in South Africa, because people who know a few signs try to pass themselves off as interpreters, said Parkin, the principal of the school for the deaf.
And those hiring them usually don't sign, so they have no idea that the people they are hiring cannot do the job, she said.
"They advertise themselves as interpreters because they know 10 signs and they can make some quick money," said Parkin.
"It is plain and simple abuse of the deaf community, they are taking advantage of the deaf community to make money.""
No worries. The politicians and unions have their own health care plans--------The Black Death Is Back...?!
The Black Death Is Back...?! | Zero Hedge:"Not since the Middle Ages has the bubonic plagues taken so many lives in a year.
Having wiped out 25 million people in Europe, appearances of the Black Death since have been rare but the Red Cross is reporting a new outbreak has killed more than 20 people on the island of Madagascar.
Living standards in the nation have collapsed since 2009 (what else happened in 2009?) and the prevalence of rats has helped spread the disease easily.
While China claims to have the bird flu under control (despite some rumors out of Hong Kong), the Red Cross warns there is a risk of a Black Death epidemic."
OMG, they've lost the temperature Gods! ----Terrifying Flat Global Temperature Crisis Threatens To Disrupt U.N. Climate Conference Agenda
Terrifying Flat Global Temperature Crisis Threatens To Disrupt U.N. Climate Conference Agenda - Forbes:
A flood of blasphemous reports circulated among ranks of former faithful parishioners are challenging human-caused climate crisis theology.
.......You certainly know the jig is up when the New York Times finally recognizes that the feverish climate fervor is overheated.
They reported on June 6 that “The rise in the surface temperature of Earth has been markedly slower over the last 15 years than in the 20 years before that.
And that lull in warming has occurred even as greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere at a record pace.”
Reporter Justin Gillis went on to admit that the break in temperature increases “highlights important gaps in our knowledge of the climate system”, whereby the lack of warming “is a bit of a mystery to climate scientists.”
Bummer!
Now, just before members of the U.N.’s Church of the Burning Planet are scheduled to finalize their latest hellfire and brimstone sermon, a chilling development has occurred.
A flood of blasphemous reports circulated among ranks of former faithful parishioners are challenging human-caused climate crisis theology.They reported on June 6 that “The rise in the surface temperature of Earth has been markedly slower over the last 15 years than in the 20 years before that.
And that lull in warming has occurred even as greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere at a record pace.”
Reporter Justin Gillis went on to admit that the break in temperature increases “highlights important gaps in our knowledge of the climate system”, whereby the lack of warming “is a bit of a mystery to climate scientists.”
"Affluenza"? Must be highly contageous ------Ethan Couch Sentenced To Probation In Crash That Killed 4 After Defense Argued He Had 'Affluenza'
Ethan Couch Sentenced To Probation In Crash That Killed 4 After Defense Argued He Had 'Affluenza':"A 16-year-old avoided spending time in prison for killing four people in a car accident in June after the judge bought his lawyers' argument that he was the victim of wealth.
CBSDFW reports that Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years probation for the drunk driving crash that ended the lives of youth pastor, Brian Jennings; Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and Breanna Mitchell.
Prosecutors asked that Couch serve 20 years in prison. His blood alcohol level was .24, three times the legal limit for an adult.
Psychologist G. Dick Miller testified for the defense that Couch suffered from "affluenza," a condition in which "his family felt that wealth bought privilege and there was no rational link between behavior and consequences," KHOU reported.
Miller said Couch's parents never punished him for his behavior, even when, in a separate incident, cops found him passed out in a car with a naked 14-year-old girl.
As part of his sentence, Couch will be sent to a private counseling center that costs $450,000, which will be paid for by his father."
And we're givin' these guys tanks???? The NYPD’s black-box problem
The NYPD’s black-box problem - NY Daily News:"The unusual writ, sent to former Village Voice staffer Graham Rayman, demands that he turn over materials involving a source who blew the lid off of the NYPD’s quota system.
That would be former Patrolman Adrian Schoolcraft, whose 2008-09 secret recordings of his superiors in the 81st Precinct demanding that he “make numbers,” whether or not he saw wrongdoing, made clear what had long been rumored about Kelly’s NYPD.
They showed that, in Bed Stuy at least, there were arrest quotas that led to people who’d done little or nothing wrong getting dragged through the system, and crime reports downgraded to massage the numbers.
After reporting the issues to numerous superiors, Schoolcraft was taken from his apartment against his will and forcibly institutionalized by a group of cops joined by Kelly’s then-close aide and top spokesman, Paul Browne."
Today in history
My favorite blog picture
Chase's Calendar of Events:
"150th birth anniversary of artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Munch's 1893 painting The Scream became an icon of the anxiety inherent in modern consciousness."
Chase's Calendar of Events:"150th birth anniversary of artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Munch's 1893 painting The Scream became an icon of the anxiety inherent in modern consciousness."
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
One of Muskegon's finest columnists----The Doors of History
LIBERTY REVIEW:"I envision a parade in Washington D.C. with every participant carrying something that was built by an American who dared to dream.
A fly swatter could be held in everyone’s left hand.
It could symbolize that we will swat away the president’s attempt to not only change our history but to downplay the importance of American ingenuity.
Of course, the swatter could also symbolize what the progressives are successfully doing to our country. They’re swatting away our individualism, self-reliance, our one nation under God and liberty."
Holy crapoli, look at what $75,000 buys ya! -----Connecticut Health Exchange Buys Three Murals for $24,980 Each
Connecticut Health Exchange Buys Three Murals for $24,980 Each | National Review Online:"AccessHealthCT, the quasi-public state agency that runs Connecticut’s Obamacare exchange, spent nearly $75,000 to commission three murals, plus nearly $4,000 to have one of them installed."
SHOCKING REPORT!!! ---Who’d a-thunk it? Research confirms gender differences and food shortages under communism?
Who’d a-thunk it? Research confirms gender differences and food shortages under communism? | AEIdeas:"Research Shows that Differences in How Men and Women Think Are Hard-Wired.
Wow, who would have thought that a half-dozen recent studies actually found gender variations in the brain’s wiring diagram?
…. For some…. maybe the gender activists, who don’t believe in any gender differences, these findings are described in the WSJ as “incendiary” and “controversial”??
Is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter the New F-4?
Is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter the New F-4? — War is Boring — Medium:
"“Buying the F-4 for the USAF instead of the much more effective A-4 meant we delivered far less bombs on Vietnam targets at a cost two and a half times as high while losing at least three times as many of our aircrews,” he says.
“You'd have done far better by giving the USAF 500 F-5s for air-to-air and 2,500 A-4s for bombing. That would have cost one-third of what we paid for 3,000 USAF F-4s, and we’d have destroyed far more Vietnamese ground targets and at least twice as many MiGs.”"
"“Buying the F-4 for the USAF instead of the much more effective A-4 meant we delivered far less bombs on Vietnam targets at a cost two and a half times as high while losing at least three times as many of our aircrews,” he says.“You'd have done far better by giving the USAF 500 F-5s for air-to-air and 2,500 A-4s for bombing. That would have cost one-third of what we paid for 3,000 USAF F-4s, and we’d have destroyed far more Vietnamese ground targets and at least twice as many MiGs.”"
The most beautiful snowflake photos you’ll ever see, captured with a cheap DIY camera - Slideshow | ExtremeTech
The most beautiful snowflake photos you’ll ever see, captured with a cheap DIY camera - Slideshow | ExtremeTech: "All of the snowflake photos on this page, believe it or not, were captured using a six-year-old point-and-shoot Canon camera and a standard 58mm SLR lens that was produced in the USSR sometime between 1958 and 1992. Such photography ought to be impossible without a microscope or other expensive gear, but it just perfectly illustrates the photographic and aesthetic ingenuity of Alexey Kljatov, a Russian photographer who lives in Moscow."
Obamacare zealots care not whom they destroy-----Protecting Volunteer Firefighters from Obamacare
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters from Obamacare | Washington Free BeaconThe current IRS policy defines volunteer firefighters as employees for federal tax purposes.
....“Make no mistake, this wrinkle we discovered in Obamacare would not provide health insurance to the uninsured, rather it will close down fire companies and do real damage to public safety.”
The “Employer’s Shared Responsibility Provision” of the ACA requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide health insurance for those who work more than 30 hours a week.
Many volunteer firefighters, such as those in Burlington, Wash., work more than 30 hours a week.
New stuff drives the unions and liberals nuts! 11 amazing technologies that have totally changed our world for the better
11 amazing technologies that have totally changed our world for the better | ZDNet:Transistors
Transistors were first developed in 1947 by Bell Laboratories and allow precise control of the flow of current through circuit boards. A transistor is the active component in almost all modern electronics systems. Moore’s law predicted that over the history of computing hardware the amount of transistors in integrated circuits will double every two years, influencing their impact on the evolution of technology.
Image: Wikimedia Commons
The dang ice just won't cooperate------------------Polar Ice Caps Are Global Warming Deniers
Issue #112: Polar Ice Caps Are Global Warming Deniers | Heartlander Magazine:"Southern Hemisphere polar ice extent set new records this week, combining with fairly average Northern Hemisphere polar ice extent to set the final stages of a year marked by above-average global polar ice extent.
Polar ice caps, apparently, are global warming deniers, attacking the science of alarmist global warming predictions."
Adam Sandler Tops Forbes' 2013 List Of The Most Overpaid Actors
Pure "pander for hits" post of the day.
For Forbes and me.....
Adam Sandler Tops Forbes' 2013 List Of The Most Overpaid Actors - Forbes
For Forbes and me.....
Adam Sandler Tops Forbes' 2013 List Of The Most Overpaid Actors - Forbes
Twisting the Constitution to DEATH! The ACLU doesn’t want this high school choir to sing in church concert — read why
Every time they win, America loses.And look for their attacks on the Muslim takeover of some American cities.
And schools.
Ain't gonna find a squeak of protest from these cowards.
The ACLU doesn’t want this high school choir to sing in church concert — read why | Rare:
"The ACLU and Freedom From Religion Foundation sent letters to the schools within the past week saying participation in the religious event gives the appearance the schools were endorsing or advancing a specific religious message or denomination, in violation of the First Amendment.
The complaints are now aimed at only the Kalispell schools after the groups learned the Whitefish choir is an extracurricular program.
Andrew Seidel, staff attorney with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, said the students are being coerced “to forgo their constitutional right to a secular government in order to participate in a school activity.”
Kalispell Superintendent Darlene Schottle said student participation in the concerts is voluntary."
President Obama's minimum wage hike would be JOBICIDE for young Americans hoping for a first job.
Our Panderer in Chief sides with his union comrades.
Again.
Ken Braun: President Obama's minimum wage hike would price young adults out of jobs | MLive.com
Again.
Ken Braun: President Obama's minimum wage hike would price young adults out of jobs | MLive.com
A smattering of fast food workers walked off the job across America again on Thursday, demanding a $15 per hour minimum wage. The demonstrations were most popular in large cities, and 200 picketers reportedly protested outside a McDonald’s in Detroit.
President Obama deliberately added fuel to this fire, delivering a speech in an inner-city D.C. neighborhood a day before the scheduled protests, calling for a minimum wage hike to over $10 per hour and mentioning the fast food industry specifically.
President Obama deliberately added fuel to this fire, delivering a speech in an inner-city D.C. neighborhood a day before the scheduled protests, calling for a minimum wage hike to over $10 per hour and mentioning the fast food industry specifically.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report on Friday, showing 20.8 percent of teenagers cannot find work, and 12.5 percent of African-Americans are facing the same prospect. For Detroit, a city with higher unemployment than the nation and a huge population of African-American teenagers, the demonstration outside McDonald’s and the President’s speech were far from helpful.
....Minimum wage jobs are the first rung on the economic ladder for many young Americans, regardless of where they live. An abundance of entry-level jobs means a lot of opportunity for new workers to enter the labor force, gain experience, and move upward.
...Increasing the minimum wage puts that first rung on the economic ladder higher, beyond the reach of more new workers. It causes the employers to hire fewer of them and look for other options.
They didn't simply steal everything they could. They stole ALL the money that was supposed to maintain the city infrastructure! Detroit's water drains away from ravaged pipes
If Obama had a city...... you know the rest.....Sinkholes on the way?
My Way News - Detroit's water drains away from ravaged pipes:
"Torrents of water spew from broken pipes in Detroit's Crosman School, cascading down stairs before pooling on the warped tile of what was once a basketball court.
No one knows how long the water has flowed through the moldy bowels of the massive building a few miles north of downtown, but Crosman has been closed since 2007.
It's not the only empty structure where city water steadily fills dark basements or runs into the gutter, wasting money and creating safety hazards.
As Detroit goes through the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, the city's porous water system illustrates how some of its resources are still draining away even as it struggles to stabilize its finances and provide basic services."
They hate us. They really hate us! Air Force Base Takes Down Nativity Scene Following Complaint
Air Force Base Takes Down Nativity Scene Following Complaint « CBS Charlotte:
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (CBS Charlotte/AP) — Officials at Shaw Air Force Base are trying to determine what to do about a holiday display after a Nativity scene was taken down last week.
Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Keavy Rake said Tuesday a Nativity display was set up Friday by a group of volunteers from the base chapel at a small lake on the installation. The site was near where a tree lighting ceremony was scheduled Friday evening.
Rake says the Military Religious Freedom Foundation lodged a complaint about the display through the Air Force in Washington.
And we keep re-electing these scumbags.....Federal workers 'essential' during shutdown now not essential during DC snow day
Federal workers 'essential' during shutdown now not essential during DC snow day | WashingtonExaminer.com
How things change in just two months: Thousands of government workers who were deemed “essential” during the government shutdownin September, when their paychecks were at risk, have now, in a dramatic reversal, been deemed nonessential while they enjoy a paid snow day off.
...In the District of Columbia, which was forced to follow the same standard because of its relationship with the federal government, Mayor Vincent Gray sought to avoid any employees having to be sidelined by arguing that every single one of the city's 33,000 employees was “essential to the protection of public safety, health, and property,” as he wrote to federal officials.
But on Tuesday, a District of Columbia spokeswoman told the Washington Examinerthat virtually all D.C. employees were at home due to the snow that dusted the capital region.
History for December 11
Another pure scam to steal from the citizens of developed countries and give to prop up the leaders of third world dictatorships.
History for December 11 - On-This-Day.com:
"1997 - More than 150 countries agreed at a global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan, to control the Earth's "greenhouse gases." "
History for December 11 - On-This-Day.com:
"1997 - More than 150 countries agreed at a global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan, to control the Earth's "greenhouse gases." "
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
This only works if the "racist" is a coward and runs away from the lie.
Odd.
Actually being a coward doesn't seem to bother republican electeds.
I'm thinkin' they might not be so "bold" if it they wanted to slur Muslims..........Atheists' Times Square Billboard: 'Who Needs Christ at Christmas? Nobody'
"Many on the left contest that conservatives have pulled the idea that there is a "War on Christmas" out of thin air.
But even if American liberals deny that such a war is being waged, the country's leading atheist group, American Atheists has no qualms about firing a shot right across the bough of American Christians.
The group has bought and ad on an electronic billboard in Times Square that asks passers-by: "Who need Christ during Christmas? Nobody."
They got the taxpayer to "pay the piper". Now, watch out!-----Detroit's Emergency Manager Threatens Pension Fund Takeover; Blame the Unions
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Detroit's Emergency Manager Threatens Pension Fund Takeover; Blame the Unions:"Detroit's emergency manager Kevyn Orr says a pension fund takeover is a "right, if not an obligation" after Orr learned of extra, unwarranted pension payments.
Kevyn Orr said in a recent interview that at the current pace, the city's General Services System pension fund could lose its ability to pay pensions owed to current and future retirees within 12 years.
A takeover is a "right, if not an obligation, that I have to consider under the statute, and we're considering that right now," he said."
MSM, Code Pink, University riot-a-day types strangely silent-----Obama Administration Sees Three Quarters of All U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan
Remember when the networks really "cared" about our military deaths?I think they sorta became less interested around the end of January, 2009.
Obama Administration Sees Three Quarters of All U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan:
"Almost three quarters of the 2,153 U.S. military fatalities in the 12-year-old Afghanistan war have taken place since Obama was first inaugurated, according to an Associated Press (AP) tally."
OMG, they're gonna kill the Pizza Bowl!!! ---- Is this the final Pizza Bowl?
MM3rdQB: Is this the final Pizza Bowl? | Crain's Detroit Business:"This year’s bowl, which will be Pitt (6-6) versus Bowling Green (10-3) at 6 p.m. on Dec. 26, is the final game under the current contract with Ford Field.
The fate of the Pizza Bowl has been in doubt since the Detroit Lions announced over the summer that they’ll host a new bowl matching Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference teams at Ford Field in a six-year deal that begins in 2014.
“If you look at any city right now, there are very, very few that can support two major bowl games,” Lions President Tom Lewand said in July, adding that the Lions would be putting all of their support behind the yet-to-be-named Big Ten/ACC bowl."
First chick to run a big automotive. Gotta make the lib's thongs quiver------Mary Barra to replace Dan Akerson as CEO of GM
Mary Barra to replace Dan Akerson as CEO of GM | Crain's Detroit Business:"General Motors has named product development chief Mary Barra to succeed Dan Akerson as CEO, making her the first female CEO in the global automotive industry, the automaker said today."
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